side-handedly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
side-handed + -ly
Adverb[edit]
side-handedly (comparative more side-handedly, superlative most side-handedly)
- Indirectly
- 2008, Lawrence C. Rubin, Popular Culture in Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Play-Based Interventions, →ISBN, page 236:
- While Kiko seemed to understand my intention to use this task to side-handedly ask him questions about himself, he played along, indicating that he would like to have the power of a ninja who could control his chakra, that he worried about losing power, and at times wanted to be invisible, particularly at the ninja academy (the equivalent of his school).
- 2013 April 21, Brett Berk, “Reviewing, Relenting, and Recommending a Crossover”, in Vanity Fair:
- Also, it's right-sized in terms of its overall dimensions, especially in contrast with its larger brother, the previously and side-handedly derided X3, which is based on the new, larger 3-Series.
- 2015 April 1, “Toronto Argonauts vs Buffalo Bills game announced (not)”, in CFL Pass:
- All right, now this will settle some longstanding beefs about the apparently competing markets of the Toronto Argonauts and the Buffalo Bills – and perhaps even side-handedly address the NFL's reported designs on the big Canadian market.